The Week contest: Wash hands
This week's question: Fox News host Pete Hegseth stunned viewers when he announced on air that he hasn't washed his hands in 10 years. "Germs are not a real thing," he said, because "I can't see them." If Hegseth were to write book based on his unique views on hygiene, what title could he give it?
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THE WINNER: "The 7 Habits of Highly Infective People"
Victoria Mallon, Santa Clara, California
SECOND PLACE: "The Audacity of Soap"
Sean Frankum, Athens, Georgia
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THIRD PLACE: "How to Win Friends and Influenza People"
Jeff Morris, Alexandria, Virginia
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Going Viral"
Mark Ciocca, Penacook, New Hampshire
"Talking Dirty"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania
"Icky Fingers"
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
"The Old Man and the C. Diff."
Tina Budnitz, Peachtree Corners, Georgia
"Catch-22 Diseases"
Jordyn Lundy, Sherman Oaks, California
"Germs on My Terms"
Steve Zoller, Baltimore
"The Great Unwashed"
Kathy El-Assal, Middleton, Wisconsin
"To Lave and to Lave Not"
Rhona Paul, Monroe Township, New Jersey
"Antiskeptic"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"Talk to the Dirty Hand"
Anthony Scola, Philadelphia
"You Say Hygiene, I Say Bye-giene"
Jason Kuller, Washington, D.C.
"Hogwash"
Doris Shellmer, Mendon, Vermont
"Fright of Hand"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
"Ablu-shuns"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
"What You Don't See Can't Hurt You"
Tim Kepple, Papillion, Nebraska